TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 215782 [ 2024TNSTR2093....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-06-25 07:52:59
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS     Discovery Data Source: ATLAS

J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland, A. Lawrence, R. Siverd (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), S. J. Smartt (Oxford/QUB), K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, P. Ramsden, C. R. Angus (Queen's University Belfast), A. Aamer (QUB/Birmingham), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. Gillanders, L. Rhodes, A. Andersson, H. Stevance (Oxford), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. Sommer (LMU/QUB), T. Arnison (Abingdon School) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024msu
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS24jpj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:24:24.274 (321.101143333) DEC = -80:59:04.04 (-80.9844566667)
Discovery date: 2024-06-25 00:20:42.432 (JD=2460486.51438)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-25 00:20:42.432
Flux: 18.379 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-21 00:44:52
Limiting flux: 18.11 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024msu